CPUC supplier diversity program tops $8 billion

Record amount spent with minority-owned firms

SAN FRANCISCO—According to the Greenlining Institute, the California Public Utilities Commission’s supplier diversity program generated an all-time record $8.1 billion in contracts for businesses owned by minorities, women and disabled veterans last year. The figures, filed with the CPUC by regulated utilities and telecommunications companies, are reported in Greenlining’s latest annual Supplier Diversity Report Card.

“If you believe that entrepreneurship is key to prosperity, then today’s report is extremely good news,” said Greenlining Institute General Counsel Samuel S. Kang. “Under the CPUC’s leadership, California utilities and telecom companies are putting real dollars into California’s diverse communities.”